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Books like The Royal Rose Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Royal Rose Chronicles is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Royal Rose Chronicles is 3 books, 2022–2023.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
His Dark Materials
Guardians of Ga'hoole
Stephen King multiverse
Grishaverse
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Seraphina Universe
The Princess and the Goblin

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Guardians of Ga'hooleSeries

seriesKathryn Lasky & Kathryn Huang17 books2003

Epic fantasy, about war and coming of age.

“Apart from the main series, there are a few more books and spin-offs set in the same universe.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Capture →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Seraphina UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hartman6 books2012

About identity.

Start with Among Ghosts →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Royal Rose Chronicles?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Royal Rose Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Royal Rose Chronicles?: Oathbound. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Royal Rose Chronicles.
How big is The Royal Rose Chronicles?: The Royal Rose Chronicles is 3 books, 2022–2023.

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